Statistical tests
Definition Data are called paired when you choose to compare the subjects of your study two by two instead of comparing one whole group to another whole...
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What is a p-value? In clinical research, the aim of a study is usually to determine the efficiency of a treatment or an intervention studying the differenc...
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Definition The Log-rank test is used to compare survival or time before an event occurence between two or more groups. It compares the observed number o...
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Definition The Chi² test is used to compare two proportions from two or more groups. It helps to conclude if there seems to be an association between tw...
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Definition The Fisher’s test is used to compare two proportions from two independent groups. It helps to conclude if there seems to be an association be...
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Definition The McNemar's test is an alternative to the Chi² test, that compares proportions between group, for paired data. Paired data are data wh...
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Definition The Shapiro-Wilk's test aims to determine whether a variable has a normal distribution (bell-shaped distribution). It is the most effici...
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Definition The Student's t-test is used to compare two means from two independent groups. The conditions of application for this test are : the dat...
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Definition The Mann-Withney test is a non-parametric test used to compare the distribution of a numeric variable from two independent groups. It is an a...
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Definition The Welch's test is a non-parametric test used to compare two means from two independent groups. It was historically used as an alternat...
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